Bolodon Owen 1871 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Synonym: Plioprion Cope 1884

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Parent taxon: Plagiaulacidae according to R. L. Cifelli et al. 2014

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Hahn 1971, Huene 1940, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom 1992, Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum 2001, Lydekker 1894, Marsh 1887, Marsh 1889, Marsh 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Owen 1871, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Plagiaulacinae, Plagiaulax

Subtaxa: Bolodon crassidens Bolodon elongatus Bolodon falconeri Bolodon hydei Bolodon minor Bolodon osborni

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Type: Bolodon crassidens

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (1: South Dakota)

• Triassic of Germany (1)

Total: 4 collections including 9 occurrences

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